[c350ia] A question about in mast furling...
John Amann
jdamann@gmail.com
Mon, 9 Jun 2008 08:38:09 -0400
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We are in our fifth season with in mast and have had no problems at all.
Just Add Wind 347
On 6/8/08, Al Szymanski <aszy@mac.com> wrote:
>
> Well... time is drawing near. We have accepted an offer on the house, thus
> will be purchasing our dream - a Catalina 350. There's one in Seattle right
> now and with one exception is the boat for us. The exception is the in mast
> furling system. My wife and I have shied away from that arrangement for
> mostly simplicity reasons - thinking that the system is "just one more thing
> to break". Heck.. my current vessel has a hank on jib and I use a sextant !
> So.. we'd be very interested in everyone's observations on the system - I
> do recall a recent post of one that jammed up and would not allow the sail
> to be furled.
> Standing by,
>
> Al Szymanski
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<div>We are in our fifth season with in mast and have had no problems at all.</div>
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<div>Just Add Wind 347<br><br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/8/08, <b class="gmail_sendername">Al Szymanski</b> <<a href="mailto:aszy@mac.com">aszy@mac.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Well... time is drawing near. We have accepted an offer on the house, thus will be purchasing our dream - a Catalina 350. There's one in Seattle right now and with one exception is the boat for us. The exception is the in mast furling system. My wife and I have shied away from that arrangement for mostly simplicity reasons - thinking that the system is "just one more thing to break". Heck.. my current vessel has a hank on jib and I use a sextant ! So.. we'd be very interested in everyone's observations on the system - I do recall a recent post of one that jammed up and would not allow the sail to be furled.<br>
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